Girl Power!

Good for you ! It's great when something is all your own work :o) Makes you feel good doesn't it :o)

Well done. A lot of effort this weekend and I am sure you will have a riot of colour before long. The Daphne odora needs to be where you can appreciate the perfume, so you have probably done right moving it nearer the house.

It does make me feel good Hywel, feeling quite empowered at the moment!
Cinderella yes that's what I thought, it was only planted earlier in the year so I thought I'd move it sooner rather than later :)

You've done a lot of work in a short time.
It looks good and will improve even more as the plants spread out. :o) Well done !

Hi, your garden looks great it will look lovely when its all in bloom.You feel really good when you achieve something on your own,I'm really proud of you,look forward to seeing your raise bed planted.Well done

Thank you TT, when I get an idea it has to be done straight away!

Thanks Mum, I'm looking forward to getting the raised bed planted too; maybe next weekend haha xx

Lovely selection of plants you've put in - should look wonderful this summer.

So you should be pleased with yourself, Suzy. Lugging huge amounts of stone around seems like a never ending business, at the time...

Well done, it's looking fabulous! :)

I hope so Steragram and and thank you Karen, my arms and wrists still ache from lugging that stone!

Did something similar last week, Suzy, and kept waking up after with pins and needles in both arms up to my elbows! lol!

Crikey Karen, certainly gave you a work out then!

Not half!! lol!! :))

nice one - great work :)))))))))))))))

lovin your garden Suz:))

Thank you Maggie... its coming along :)

I want a raised stone bed!!!:))

Lol.... build one then :) For me I just wanted to recycle the stone I already had, too nice to get rid of, and its given me another area to play with!! Put three rose bushes into it at the weekend and today put in a few little alpines and a dwarf lavender to try and keep the greenfly at bay :)

That's the trouble with this site... too many ideas!!

Lol! I bought the lavender on Monday too!! ;)))

Hope it works Karen, I've already spotted and picked off greenfly on one of my rose bushes!!!!!

It was probably already there when you got it, Suzy...

I don't really like using chemicals - but, I do if I have to!

Didn't notice any Karen.... but yes, I will too if needs be, but will see what happens with the Lavender.

Yes, me too.

You've done a fantastic job there Suzy, really lovely! Well done. I find gardening is the best therapy....along with painting sometimes....and there's nothing that boosts my mind-set in to a positive more than seeing things growing and coming in to flower. There's the creative side of it as well, which you have shown here. Making something that you've seen in your mind's eye, on your own steam, with a spade and a fork, and getting a good work-out at the same time....unbeatable! Then, at the end, when you look out at it and wow, it looks GOOD!...and then, as you watch the plants flourish and grow and flower.....unbeatable! :D

Thanks Karen! I'm really pleased I joined this site, all the encouragement!! I'm even thinking of getting a little mini greenhouse!

Go for it Suzy! :D Growing stuff from seed can save you money and it's just a great place to hide in bad weather!

...word of caution...I've had the plastic covered ones in the past and the wind wreaks havoc with them. Only get one if you have a very sheltered site. I bet you could get a good one on freecycle or such sites.

I haven't really got the space for a proper greenhouse Karen so it would have to be a plastic mini one... but it's better than nothing!

Yes, it is! I used to enjoy mine before we moved here to this windier place! When we came here I tried to attach it to the fence so it woudn't blow away, but the wind just shredded the plastic! You get the problem.....so funny me trying to battle nature! Then a very kind friend left me some money in her will and I used it to buy my little octagonal one which now has pride of place in the lawn. Being octagonal, it has great 'aerodynamics' and the wind just moves nicely around it! :)) Don't you love a happy ending? :D

Being on a corner it does tend to get windy, but in the winter I have got a sheltered spot I could put it. Yours does look nice, gives your garden a nice feature. Maybe one day I'll have one ha

I hope you will Suzy, but tbh, they are hard work. I have to paint it every year, and clean it out twice a year, and remember to water everything every day......but it is a great place for growing cucumbers and bringing on small plants and seedlings...so I guess it is worth it.

Well done Suzy that is looking great:)